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Motoring by Press Association 31/01/2019, 12:03 am Send us a story Sign up to our Daily newsletter Nearly half (49%) of young drivers have been in a car with someone not wearing a seat belt in the past year, a new survey suggests. The poll, commissioned by road safety charity Brake, indicates that drivers aged 18-24 are almost three times more likely to be in a car with someone who is not belted up compared with drivers of all ages. The research was published to mark the 36th anniversary of seat belt wearing becoming mandatory in the UK. Prince Philip was spoken to by police earlier this month after being photographed driving without a seat belt. This happened just days after he collided with another vehicle when pulling out of a driveway on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk. More than a quarter (27%) of the 787 car occupants who died in crashes on Britain’s roads in 2017 were not wearing a seat belt, according to latest Department for Transport data. … [Read more...] about Half of young drivers have been in car with someone ‘not wearing seat belt’

‘Black box’ insurance has helped reduce the number of young drivers killed or seriously injured in road traffic accidents, according to data released by research analysts LexisNexis. The number has fallen by 35% since 2011 from 18,529 to 11,984, contrasting with a 16% fall for the entire population (203,950 to 170,993). The difference between younger and older drivers is the former’s use of telematics, with four in five motorists aged between 17 and 19 driving a car fitted with a black box that monitors and records their performance behind the wheel. In total, there were 975,000 live policies in 2017, reflecting the surge in drivers making use of the technology to bring their premiums down. The drop in young driver casualties and deaths comes despite a 7% increase in the number of driving licences held across all ages since 2012 to 40.5 million. UK road casualty statistics were analysed by specialists LexisNexis Risk Solutions and compared with the number of … [Read more...] about Is black-box insurance making young drivers safer?

Motoring by Press Association 14/11/2018, 3:17 pm FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmail Send us a story Sign up to our Daily newsletter Black box insurance has helped reduce the number of young drivers killed or seriously injured in road traffic accidents, new data has revealed. The number has fallen by 35 per cent since 2011 from 18,529 to 11,984, contrasting with a 16 per cent fall for the entire population (203,950 to 170,993). The difference between younger and older drivers is the former’s use of telematics, with four in five motorists aged between 17 and 19 driving a car fitted with a black box that monitors and records their performance behind the wheel. In total, there were 975,000 live policies in 2017, reflecting the surge in drivers making use of the technology to bring their premiums down. The drop in young driver casualties and deaths comes despite a seven per cent increase in the number of driving licences held across all ages since 2012 to 40.5 … [Read more...] about Black boxes behind drop in young driver casualty rates

SHOCKING statistics have revealed a strange trend among young drivers involved in traffic collisions. Almost half a young motorists who wrote their cars off last year did so in their own street, according to a recent study. Conducted by scrapcarcomparison.co.uk, the study found that 44 per cent of 18-34 year olds crashed in the same road they live on last year, damaging their car beyond repair. The bizarre figures are likely due to the fact that drivers tend to relax more when driving in a familiar area close to home - and that can mean they aren't paying as much attention to the road. Young, inexperienced drivers are also far more likely to switch off when they feel relaxed behind the wheel. And the figures were the worst for young male drivers, with those under the age of 25 almost twice as likely to have a car written off than any other age group. Around one in 45 young male drivers had their car written off over the last 12 months. Young drivers are already the most … [Read more...] about Almost HALF of young drivers write their cars off in their own street – and Brits destroy more than 1,000 motors every day

Motoring by Press Association 21/03/2018, 1:00 am Updated: 21/03/2018, 10:53 am FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmail Send us a story Sign up to our Daily newsletter On average young drivers are more confident than their parents when it comes to performing basic car maintenance, a new survey has found. Insurance company LV conducted a survey of 1,003 motorists and found that 50 per cent of drivers aged 17-24 said they would find it easy to perform basic car maintenance themselves. That confidence was not as forthcoming with older drivers, as only 31 per cent of motorists aged 45 and over gave the same response. The research contradicts the stereotypical view that older generations have a better mechanical knowledge than young people when it comes to repairing cars. On average, households in the UK with more than one car spend more than £390m outside of annual MOT servicing on unnecessary mechanic fees. One reason for 17 to 24-year-olds having better mechanical … [Read more...] about Young drivers “more confident than their parents when it comes to car maintenance”